YieldBoost RCI Hospitality Holdings From 0.5% To 11.5% Using Options

Shareholders of RCI Hospitality Holdings Inc (RICK) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 0.5% annualized dividend yield can sell the August covered call at the $62.50 strike and collect the premium based on the $2.95 bid, which annualizes to an additional 11% rate of return against the current stock price (at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost), for a total of 11.5% annualized rate in the scenario where the stock is not called away. Any upside above $62.50 would be lost if the stock rises there and is called away, but RICK shares would have to climb 18.1% from current levels for that to happen, meaning that in the scenario where the stock is called, the shareholder has earned a 23.7% return from this trading level, in addition to any dividends collected before the stock was called.